Saturday, April 30, 2016

This image
released by Profiles in History shows a black and white blazer with
leather sleeves, worn by Prince in the 1984 film, "Purple Rain." The
item will be auctioned on June 29, along with costumes worn by Britney
Spears, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys and a Swarovski crystal studded glove
from Michael Jacksonâ€™s 1992 Dangerous world tour. (Charlie
Nunn/Profiles in History via AP)

Prince donned the black-and-white blazer with leather sleeves while riding a motorcycle with co-star Apollonia Kotero.
"It's definitely the most important piece of screen-worn Prince
clothing that's ever come up for auction," said Joe Maddalena, president
of the Calabasas, California-based auction house, Profiles in History.
"This is a signature piece of wardrobe worn from an iconic movie in his
most famous role."
The coat is a unique find from the typically reclusive artist, who
was found dead last week at his Paisley Park complex just outside of
Minneapolis.

"Prince memorabilia in general, it just
really doesn't exist. It seems like he controlled it all," Maddalena
said. "This is the first time ever for something like this, and it might
be the only time because the rest of the costumes may be in his
(personal) wardrobe."
The original seller said her sister, a makeup artist, received the
piece from Prince after they worked together on "Purple Rain."
The June 29th auction will also include costumes from Britney Spears,
Katy Perry, Alicia Keys and a Swarovski crystal studded glove from
Michael Jackson's 1992 "Dangerous" world tour.
Maddalena said he believes the "Purple Rain" blazer will be the "star
of the show" and expects it to sell for much more than the asking
price, $6,000 to $8,000.
"Hopefully it will reach a price that is equivalent to his stature as a musician," he said.
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Friday, April 29, 2016

Late last year, American Airlines announced that it would be rolling out a dedicated premium economy product
on its wide-body planes, starting with the 787-900 Dreamliner later
this year. The airline’s premium economy is expected to feature wider
seats with leg rests, improved meal service and amenity kits on
long-haul flights. Frequent flyers were immediately concerned
that this could mean the end of upgrades to business from coach, but
that’s unlikely to happen until premium economy is available fleet-wide,
if at all.
Well, now another US-based airline is following suit: Delta’s new CEO
Ed Bastian shared the news that the airline plans to add a premium
economy cabin of its own, beginning with the Airbus A350 — the first of
which is expected to be delivered in mid-2017:
Unfortunately we don’t have any details beyond that at this point, so
there are many more questions than answers, but it is clear that
Delta’s Airbus A350 will offer a three-cabin configuration, with Delta One business, premium economy and coach. We don’t know if that’ll mean Delta’s upgrade certificates
will only move you up to premium economy on that plane, but that’s
unlikely to be the case until the new cabin is available on all (or
most) of the airline’s long-haul fleet.American’s premium economy offering isn’t tremendously innovative.
As for what the new seats will look like? We haven’t the faintest
idea, but we can probably expect something fairly similar to what
American Airlines plans to introduce, giving passengers a “domestic
first class” experience (with wider seats and more legroom) on long
international flights.
Delta already has a “premium economy” fare class and earning structure listed on its chart —
for now, that only applies to flights operated by Air France, Virgin
Atlantic and Virgin Australia, but Delta could choose to use the W fare
class (which is just now rolling out for Comfort+) for its new product, too. So, IT-wise, the infrastructure is more or less already in place.What do you think of Delta’s plan to offer premium economy?
H/T: @AirlineFlyer

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OPENING NIGHT MUSICBritney Stoney
Britney Stoney is a singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist born and
raised in Detroit. She is a 2014 Kresge music fellow, and she began her
performance career at local open mics across metro Detroit. Stoney is
deeply inspired by the human experience and hopes to empower all
listeners. She aspires to be a role model for Detroit's emerging artists
and an ambassador for the Detroit arts community

Born in Detroit in 1947, Nancy Mitchnick began to paint in earnest
around age twenty and she quickly became enmeshed in the artistic milieu
building around her. As a woman in a movement that was very centered on
masculinity, and as a figurative painter in a moment where abstraction
was the trend, she was always something of a divergent figure. Despite
this clash, the intensity of Detroit’s Cass Corridor scene - a
neighborhood that in the 1960s and 1970s was home to a vigorous group of
young artists - was a perfect match for her extraordinary drive to
paint.

Mitchnick left Detroit for New York in 1973. Eventually she came to work
as a professor at Bard, CalArts, and Harvard, taking her from coast to
coast and back again over the following decades. Her subjects evolved.
In Detroit she had painted the visages of her artist friends. In New
York she discovered her skills as a landscape painter. When she moved to
New England to teach at Harvard, she painted the muddy landscapes of
Ipswich.

Mitchnick was still living in Massachusetts when she began revisiting
the landscapes of Detroit; today she has returned physically as well,
and is working out of a studio in the Russell Industrial Center. Her
paintings reflect the city, with its idiosyncratically doleful emptiness
and bucolic appeal. They are among the strongest works of Mitchnick’s
career.

As part of MOCAD’s ongoing Detroit Affinities series of solo
exhibitions, Berlin-based artist Annette Kelm uses traditional
photographic techniques to explore seemingly mundane objects’ social,
economic, and cultural contexts. Working in the studio with
intentionally abstract arrangements, she produces a series of images
where the camera’s perspective revolves around these objects. Utilizing
historical forms of landscape and still life, she plays with the
language of advertising and documentary while exploring the intersection
of photography and sculpture. The display at MOCAD brings together a
series of works from throughout the artist’s career that outline these
concerns.

DETROIT CITY is comprised of three concurrent series: Detroit Affinities (exhibition), Detroit Speaks (education), and Detroit Stages (performance). This multi-year research program is one of the most ambitious undertakings to date at MOCAD.

DETROIT CITY funding is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, Kayne Foundation (Ric + Suzanne Kayne, and Jenni, Maggie, +
Saree).

Produced by V. Mitch McEwen, A(n) Office/McEwen Studio and collaborators, Methexis
is a series of design studies, maps, abstract design codes, and
architectural models that reimagine processes of demolition and
preservation, focusing on the tens of thousands of vacant houses in
Detroit that were built in the early 20th century. Arranged from the
floor to the steel girders above, the models coalesce into a large
sculptural field. Alongside these study objects, animations and
interactive drawings exhibit a range of related speculative designs for
various public spaces in Detroit, including city-owned wood-framed
houses as a form of public space. Three series of videos supplement the
exhibition with one of these relationships. Videos will be shown during
regular business hours.

May 7 to May 29: Dawn Lundy Martin curates videos around leisure as a
problem, form, and desire of bodies. Videos include works from Ronaldo
V. Wilson and Martin’s own video titled Impossibility.blackness.Leisure.

June 1 to June 26: Marcelo Lopez-Dinardi, Principal of A(n) Office,
curates short videos about themes of algorithms, variations, control,
and time, as well as the condition of vacancy. Including Gordon
Matta-Clark: Bingo (1974, 09:45 mins, color, silent) and George Maciunas: End After 9 (1966, 1:00 min, b&w, silent).

Within Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead Carlos Rolón will discuss his project, Vintage Voyages and Atomic Memories,
in which he will create a pop-up nail salon within the context of a
domestic space reminiscent of his family’s home on the Southside of
Chicago.

Immediately following the artist talk, Rolón will conduct a signing of his acclaimed book, Nailed: The History of Nail Design and Dzine in the Mobile Homestead.

For Carlos Rolón’s Mobile Homestead project, Vintage Voyages and Atomic Memories,
he will create a pop-up nail salon within the context of a domestic
space reminiscent of his family’s home on the Southside of Chicago. On
Sundays during the run of the exhibition, gifted nail artists will work
in the installation, creating customized nail designs for visitors. The
space will be decorated and finished with vintage wallpaper, framed
mirrors, and craft-based works such as hanging handmade macramé. Rolón
views this project as a community service in both micro and macro forms.
The complete installation and nail salon creates a sense of wonder that
is bold and brilliant, leading the viewer toward visual re-discoveries
and new conversations.

After critically acclaimed runs in both France and parts of the African
continent, the Quartiers Lointains film series premieres in Detroit and
features four outstanding film shorts from young French filmmakers,
Yohann Kouam, Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo, Zangro, and Alice Diop. These
films move us, shake us, and amaze us by seizing a feeling distinctly
French, but still universal. The evening will conclude with a Q&A
with film series curator Clare Diao.

[drohn] is a multi-channel video and multi-performer/instrumentalist
performance which centers on a play off of multiple readings on the word
“drone.” The performance juxtaposes imagery mixed and edited from
military, industrial, and hobbyist drone footage, as well as
commissioned and live drone video feeds. The piece is choreographed by
artist Osman Khan, with a soundscape performed live by an ensemble led
by composer and multi-instrumentalist James Cornish.

The Art & Race Conference will provide a public forum to
discuss topics on art and race. The event will feature a keynote speech
by artist Sanford Biggers (who will also be exhibiting at MOCAD
beginning in fall 2016) and presentations by members of the Detroit art
and cultural community, followed by group discussions. Organized by
Infinite Mile and the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art &
Design, the event coincides with the 2016 Art & Race Series. Visit infinitemiledetroit.com/art_&_race_conference.html for further details and registration.

German photographer Marie Saggat’s book, 313ONELOVE, is an
extensive photographic love letter to the city of Detroit and its
electronic music scene. The book captures over 170 images of the city’s
most influential house and techno artists. Saggat will be on hand to
celebrate the release of the book, and copies will be on sale in the
MOCAD gift shop.

This panel discussion will explore the resurgence of the vinyl format
and its impact on the local music industry. Leading members of Detroit’s
music industry will be on hand to discuss whether or not the resurgence
is real, Detroit’s storied history with vinyl manufacturing, and more.

Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and MOCAD Board Member Derrick May are
three Detroit-based musicians credited with the invention of Detroit
techno. May famously described the sound he helped create as being “like
George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator.” All three maintain
busy performance schedules and continue to tour internationally
spreading the Detroit sound. Derrick May says that his mission continues
to be “to save the world from bad music.” Q+A session to follow.

Nancy Mitchnick gets brutally honest about the unseen struggle to make a
good work of art by sharing painfully humorous tales of her personal
painting failures. How does an artist know when a work of art is
finished? And how do they know if it is good or bad?

Please join us for an engaging evening author Frances Stroh in
conversation with award winning author Janis Cooke Newman as they
discuss Stroh’s new book, Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss.
In this candid story, Stroh reveals the complexities of her childhood
and what it was like to come of age as a member of Detroit’s Stroh’s
Beer family, once in possession of the largest private beer fortune in
America. The Stroh Brewery Company suffered a rapid and precipitous loss
of market share during the 1980s and 1990s, declining from a Forbes 400
company to become near penniless. Stroh will share the painful
unraveling of her family and her struggle to find her own identity and
way back as an artist. In addition, Stroh will address the process of
writing her first book and navigating the publishing world as a new
author. The reading will be followed by a conversation between the
author and Toby Barlow, in addition to a book signing in the MOCAD
store.

Join us at MOCAD for an evening with the fantastic Julianna Barwick.
Julianna has toured with Sigur Rós, sung with children’s choirs around
the world, recorded and performed with the Flaming Lips, recorded Bach’s
Adagio from Concerto in D Minor on Sony Masterworks,
played piano and sung with Yoko Ono, and brewed a wasabi beer with
Dogfish Head. Expect haunting, experimental soundscapes and ethereal
textures.

To augment the exhibit by Berlin-based artist Annette Kelm, MOCAD’s
Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at Large Jens Hoffmann will host a
special gallery talk. Hoffmann will walk attendees through the exhibit
and expound upon the connection between Kelm’s work and the city of
Detroit.

MUSIC + WORKSHOPAnalog Ladies + The Church of the Super Serge
Saturday, June 25, 4pm
Admission: $5 (free for members)

Analog Ladies is a group for women of all kinds to meet and connect
based on their love of creating and performing live electronic music.
This includes analog and digital instruments. The Church of the Super
Serge was founded by Dmitri Ponce in order to create a gathering for men
and women to come together in the name of DIY synth builders, modular
synth performers, and most importantly, to celebrate the Serge
Synthesizer, the namesake of the event. The Church of the Super Serge
will host a workshop where people learn how to wire their very own Serge
filter module. Followed by an evening performance of selected Analog
Ladies and Slope114.

Mitch McEwen, Principal of A(n) Office and McEwen Studio, discusses her
design work sited in Detroit since relocating from Brooklyn two years
ago, including the House Opera, an ongoing art space project in
Southwest Detroit, and a commissioned project for the US Pavilion at
the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Trigger words often become cliches because they hold portable, immediate
power. Once they become overused, we step away from them without first
exploring the origin of that power. They continue to live shadowy lives
beneath our beds and on Twitter. Four chatterboxes — scholars Jessica
Moorman and Heidi Jugenitz, and artists Khary Frazier and Phreddy
Wischusen — want to join with you in exorcising our feelings about ruin
porn. Come ready to think, feel and share.

Nancy Mitchnick entertains and enlightens us with personal tales from
the first generation of Detroit’s legendary Cass Corridor art scene.
This lively illustrated talk is accompanied by clips from the movie,
Detroit’s Cass Corridor directed by Shaun Bangert and Kathryn Brackett
Luchs and will feature an intermission for beer and one on one
conversation with artists who made art history.

FILMPlastic Dreams: Vinyl Obsession Film Series
Wednesdays in August
Admission: $5 (free for members)

Our season-long look at the vinyl LP subculture continues with a late
summer film series focused on record collecting. The five selected films
aim to shed light on different aspects of the re-emergence of this
cultural niche as we delve into why it is a true obsession for so many
around the world.

A venue for Detroit arts writing makes the jump from digital to print!
Essay’d is an online art writing project that publishes short essays
about contemporary Detroit artists by Detroit writers on a regular
basis. If it continues at its current pace it will reach 100 artists by
the end of 2017—an unprecedented survey of Detroit art. At this event,
celebrate the publication by Wayne State University Press of a fully
illustrated first volume of 30 essays and pick up a copy of your very
own.

COMMUNITY EVENT/OFFSITEFamily Day Extravaganza at the
Sidewalk Festival for the Performing Arts
Saturday, August 6, 3pm–8pm

Join MOCAD as our Family Day Extravaganza travels to the Sidewalk
Festival for the Performing Arts in the heart of Detroit’s Old Redford
and Brightmoor neighborhood.

“Sharing Is Caring: Personal Space Building” is the theme for this fiber
fort-building extravaganza of epic proportions! Participants of all
ages can zip tie, weave, macramé, and duct tape a personal space of
their own in and around a wildly colorful multi-media art installation
created by artist and teacher Paula Shubatis. Information about the
Sidewalk Festival can be found at sidewalkdetroit.com. Questions about
MOCAD’s Family Day Extravaganza will be answered by Augusta Morrison: amorrison@mocadetroit.org.

MOCAD and Green Brain Comics present the 7th Annual Comic Jam with guest
artist Derf. All are welcome to jam! Participants create spontaneous,
improvised, collaborative comics and free-form drawings with each other.
Following the jam session Derf will talk about his international
bestseller, MY FRIEND DAHMER.

Public programs at MOCAD are free admission for MOCAD members and a
suggested $5 donation for non-members unless otherwise noted.

ART AS SOCIAL FORCE PROGRAM
Inspired by Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead, MOCAD has embarked
on a multi-year examination of artists who seek to establish
participatory and socially transformative art. Known primarily as social
practice, its practitioners freely blur the lines between art making,
performance, political activism, community organizing, environmentalism,
and investigative journalism, creating a deeply participatory art that
often flourishes outside the gallery and museum system.

Carlos Rolón’s Vintage Voyages and Atomic Memories installation
in the Mobile Homestead features a pop-up nail salon Sundays. Visitors
may schedule same day art nail appointments on a first come, first
served basis. Nails must be trimmed, filed, clean, and free of polish
prior to the appointment. Professional nail artists will apply unique
decoration to nails free of charge.

Join us for one or both classes to learn the basics of macrame and
create your own functional and decorative work of art. Artist Hannah
Chalew will teach us how to make classic plant hangers and more.
Inspired by Carlos Rolón’s installation in the Mobile Homestead.
To register, contact Education Associate, Augusta Morrison: amorrison@mocadetroit.org

WORKSHOPQuilting at the Mobile Homestead
ONGOING: Third Saturday of every month, 11am–3pm
Admission: Free

Join us for an afternoon of quilt making. Work on your own project,
learn the basics, or start a new project. All skill levels welcome.

Songwriting and Recording with Sterling Toles
Thursday June 23 and Friday June 24, 11am–2:30pm
Admission: Free with RSVP (space is limited)

MOCAD presents this free two-day music production workshop conducted by
musician and visual artist Sterling Toles. The workshop will teach teens
how to record professional quality songs with limited equipment and
money. Students will learn the basics of using GarageBand to create
tracks and record. Also, using a little imagination, students will learn
how to turn a quiet space into a recording booth. Participants are
encouraged to bring works in progress.
All supplies and snacks provided by MOCAD. RSVP to Youth Program Producer, Tylonn Sawyer: tsawyer@mocadetroit.org

TEEN NIGHTSMonster Drawing Rally: Teen Edition
Friday, May 20, 7pm
Admission: $5 (free for members)
Join us for the teen edition of MOCAD’s popular live drawing event and
fundraiser! Part performance, part laboratory, part art bazaar, the
Monster Drawing Rally consists of three one-hour shifts of approximately
30 artists drawing simultaneously. The original drawings will be
available for purchase for $15 each. Proceeds from the event support
MOCAD Youth Programs. Sponsored by MOCAD’s Teen Council and inspired by
the original Monster Drawing Rally by Southern Exposure Gallery in San
Francisco, CA.

Youth programs are graciously funded by
the General Motors Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, Neiman Marcus, the Applebaum Family Compass Fund, MGM
Resorts Foundation, and the Michigan Council for Art and Cultural
Affairs. Programs are overseen by Youth Program Producer Tylonn J.
Sawyer.

Located
inside MOCAD and features Anthology coffee and pastries from Sister Pie
Bakery, plus some of the fastest internet available. Lunch starts at
11am with a menu of seasonal favorites. After work, mixologists are
ready with a special line up of craft cocktails and classic favorites.

Don’t forget Happy Hour! Join us from 4 pm to 6 pm, Tuesday through
Saturday, with featured food and drink specials. Perfect to wind down at
the end of the day, or to start your evening out!

Sundays at Café 78
Immerse yourself in a sumptuous brunch with beats, art, and pop-up shopping. Monty Luke, MOCAD’s Curator
of Public Programs, presents an eclectic lineup of contemporary leaders
in Detroit’s electronic music community as well as a diverse range of
the city’s favorite retail.

MOCAD Support
Exhibition programming support is generously provided by the Taubman Foundation.

Exhibition support for Nancy Mitchnick’s Uncalibrated is graciously provided by Ethan and Gretchen Davidson, David and Elyse Foltyn, Marsha Miro, and the Taubman Foundation.

DEPE Space is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Mitch McEwen’s Methexis
is supported by the University of Michigan Office of Research, John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Taubman College, University of
Michigan.

MOCAD’s operations are supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Masco
Corporation Foundation, Erb Family Foundation, The Kresge Foundation,
the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs and the National
Endowment for the Arts.

The Erb Family Foundation approved unrestricted operating support for 38
cultural and arts organizations, including larger organizations that
have had historical significance to the family and other organizations
that are essential elements of a strong core central City and vibrant
neighborhoods.

Funding to support the Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at Large,
Jens Hoffmann, is provided by the Susanne Feld Hilberry Endowment for
the Arts and Noreen Khalid Ahmad.

DETROIT CITY funding is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, and the Kayne Foundation (Ric & Suzanne Kayne and Jenni,
Maggie & Saree).

Detroit Speaks funding is provided by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

MOCAD Capital support is provided by Midtown Detroit, Inc. and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA).

MOCAD's 2016-2021 Strategic Planning Initiative is funded in part by a generous grant from the Kresge Foundation.

MOCAD Youth​ ​Programs are graciously funded by the General​ ​Motors​
​Foundation, the​ ​John S. and James L.​ ​Knight Foundation, Neiman
Marcus, the Applebaum Family Compass Fund, MGM Resorts Foundation, and
the Michigan Council for Art and Cultural Affairs.

The EB/SS Junior Docents and other educational programs are supported by the Edith S. Briskin/Shirley K. Schlafer Foundation.

The Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead is commissioned by Artangel in
association with MOCAD, LUMA Foundation and Mike Kelley Foundation for
the Arts with the generous support of the Artangel International Circle.
Support for Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead is provided by the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Carlos Rolón’s Vintage Voyages and Atomic Memories is supported by Nancy Rogers, and Neiman Marcus.

MOCAD is generously supported by
individual and corporate members, private and corporate foundations,
and government agencies. MOCAD is located on Woodward and Garfield
between the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Institute of the
Arts, Wayne State University and the College for Creative Studies. The
Museum is an innovative addition to Detroit's vibrant Midtown
neighborhood, and functions as a hub for the exploration of emerging
ideas in the contemporary arts. The 22,000 square foot building, a
former auto dealership, has been simply renovated to maintain its
historic character. With its raw, flexible and cavernous spaces, the
building is well suited to the exhibition of contemporary art. Our
ambitious series of public programs includes lectures, musical
performances, films, literary readings and educational activities for
children. The MOCAD Store includes merchandise not sold in the
metropolitan area, including specialized art and culture magazines,
journals and books, as well as limited edition artists t-shirts and
other functional objects. Mobile Homestead is a permanent art
work by late artist Mike Kelley located on the grounds of the Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit. It's both a public sculpture and a private,
personal architecture – based on the artist's childhood home on Palmer
Road in Westland. MOCAD’s Department of Education and Public Engagement
programs the ground floor of Mobile Homestead as a community space, as
Kelley intended. It is home to projects, events, gatherings,
conversations and displays that are created by and for a diverse public,
and is intentionally unaffiliated with the Museum’s exhibitions and
public programming. MOCAD has a parking lot and ample street parking.
Information about MOCAD's exhibitions, programs, and special events is
available on the MOCAD website at mocadetroit.org or by phone at 313.832.6622.

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